Popular Post jayz383 223 Posted March 23 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 23 I first owned this in 1996. I put a 283 chevy in it and had some fun. Pulled the engine after a mate crashed his and sold the rolling body to him. He put his running gear in it (1900 Commy engine and magnum diff etc) but never finished it. I had been on at him to sell it back to me for a while. A few months back he messaged me to come get it as he was never going to finish it. This is how it looked when I picked it up 20 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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jayz383 223 Posted March 23 Author Report Share Posted March 23 I started on cleaning it up a bit... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Popular Post jayz383 223 Posted March 23 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted March 23 Gave it a clean... 13 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jayz383 223 Posted March 25 Author Report Share Posted March 25 1500 wet and dry and jiff. Got most of the body cleaned up. 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jayz383 223 Posted March 25 Author Report Share Posted March 25 Found an old set of bonnet hinges l had left over when l sold my hb wagon. Be good to be able to open the bonnet. Will find some bolts and chuck them on tomorrow. Also making my list of things to sort for cert, re-reg and wof. brakes, exhaust, clutch adjustment, tires, sort the battery placement ( boot ) and get tank cleaned out so l can run it properly. Fix the small amount of rust. Its pretty good really. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jayz383 223 Posted March 25 Author Report Share Posted March 25 With her cross eyed sister while having a car shuffle the other day 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jayz383 223 Posted March 25 Author Report Share Posted March 25 The magnum stuff will be pulled from the cross eyed sister. I have other plans for her at a later date For now she sits and waits while l finish collecting parts for her. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post jayz383 223 Posted March 25 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted March 25 Cleaned up the engine bay. You wouldn't know it but the engine was fully rebuilt and tickled up a bit 20 years ago and never run. I have started it and it purred like a kitten haha. Will put an exhaust on it before l run it again so l can atempt to run it in. I took the rocker cover off and its like brand new in there. Also has a brand new 32/36 webber, starter and alt. Dizzy has had work too with all new bits. 14 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jayz383 223 Posted March 27 Author Report Share Posted March 27 Assembled the front today. Got the bonnet hinges on, head lights, grill, blinkers and bumper. Really gave me some motivation Pics tomorrow as I got carried away working on it... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jayz383 223 Posted March 28 Author Report Share Posted March 28 All bolted up 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jayz383 223 Posted March 28 Author Report Share Posted March 28 Engine bay looking a lot better too 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jayz383 223 Posted March 28 Author Report Share Posted March 28 Wheels getting a refurb 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jayz383 223 Posted April 8 Author Report Share Posted April 8 Not much been happening last few days as I have been working and Easter but did manage to get some other parts and another fuel tank to use as my other 2 are full of holes Will clean it out tomorrow if all goes well. Also my AU Falcon tail pipe fell off and burnt all the wiring in my everyday car. Guess I should of fixed it when I first saw it haha. Oh well temp fixed it so I can sort the Vivas... Will post up some pics tomorrow of tank cleaning and how i do it. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jayz383 223 Posted Monday at 09:01 Author Report Share Posted Monday at 09:01 Started on the wiring today. Doing a push button start and getting all the engine sorted. Put a coil on, fuel line, battery, poured some juice in and it kicked into life! Ran for about a minute while l checked all the vitals. About 50psi oil pressure and purred like a angry kitten with its short straight pipe. Il put that on the list of things to sort asap as its real noisy and l like the people who live around here. Any way more pics to come of wiring tomorrow. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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